Archipelago Research Institute
The focus of the Seili station, Archipelago Research Institute, University of Turku, has been on long-term monitoring of the brackish water environment and statistical time series modeling, supported with experimental laboratory facilities. Station is situated on Seili Island in the middle of the Archipelago Sea.
Location of the Archipelago Research Institute on Seili island in the inner Archipelago Sea, and flow-through aquaria in the laboratory of the station.
Versatile laboratory RI are being upgraded into closed flow-through aquarium facilities, allowing long-term manipulative experiments and rearing of organisms for studies of ecological interactions in close collaboration with the ecological genetics stronghold of UTU.
The station manages several small boats and the research vessel Aurelia, which extends the scope of operation over the whole Archipelago Sea area. The Archipelago Research Institute office is located on Seili in the summer season and moves to the University of Turku city premises for the winter.
More information of the facilities Archipelago Research Institute can be found on the web pages.
Links
Real-time data from Seili profiling buoy
Visit Seili https://www.visitseili.fi/en/
Contact
Station Director Jari Hänninen